Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
Ambitious but uneven ... Provocative ... Kidia’s conclusions are compelling, but by now they are somewhat familiar ... There are so many threads in Empire of Madness that it is no wonder Kidia cannot tie them all together.
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Deeply researched ... Current treatments rely on medication and talk therapy, which the author asserts are sometimes helpful but largely insufficient. It’s a complex story to tell, and it requires patience and an open mind in the reader. Every time you think the author is going off on a tangent, he succeeds in connecting things back to mental health. An ambitious take on the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues viewed through a cross-cultural lens.
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Bold ... It’s an impassioned plea to rethink what it means to feel well.
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